Teaching and research interests Lyuba Zarsky 608 San Miguel, Berkeley, CA 94707 510 495 4598 lzarsky@earthlink.net Business and sustainability Climate-resilient development Foreign investment and sustainable development Global environmental governance Collaborative governance Education Doctor of Philosophy, Economics (2006) University of Massachusetts, Amherst Fields: International Economics, Development Economics Master of Arts, Economics/Political Economy (1985) New School for Social Research, New York Bachelor of Arts, Social Psychology (1975) University Without Walls Berkeley Teaching Experience Associate Professor, International Environmental Policy Program, Graduate School of International Policy and Management, Monterey Institute of International Studies (Fall, 2007-- ) Seminars: Business Models for Sustainable Development Private Partnerships for Sustainable Development Business, Development and the Environment Foreign Direct Investment, MNCs and Sustainable Industry Core: International Environmental Politics and Law Introduction to Public Policy Public Policy and the Environment Adjunct Professor, School of Business and Professional Studies, University of San Francisco (Fall 2009) Sustainable Business Models 1
Adjunct Professor, Graduate School of International Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies (Spring, 2007) Global Environmental Politics Development Economics Senior Research Fellow, Global Development and Environment Institute (GDAE) Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, Boston (2002- ) GDAE is committed to research and education on environmentally and socially sustainable development paths. As Senior Research Fellow in the Globalization and Sustainability Program, I collaborate in research projects focused on the interface between private investment and local sustainable development in Latin America. My current research is focused on an assessment of the costs and benefits of the Marlin gold mine in an indigenous region of western Guatemala. Owned and operated by the Canadian company Goldcorp, the mine has generated intense international controversy on human rights grounds. GDAE will release the report in early 2011. International Fellow, Sustainable Markets Group International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), London, (2006- ) IIED is the oldest and one of the world s oldest and most respected think tank on global sustainable development. As a Fellow in the Sustainable Markets Group, I collaborate on research projects, participate in (and sometimes facilitate) strategic planning, and design my own research projects. My current research is focused on identifying opportunities and challenges for delivering sustainable and accessible energy to poor people in developing countries, including via innovative business models and NGO-government-business partnerships. Lecturer, Center for Defence and Strategic Studies Program, Deakin University (2004-2005) I gave lectures to mid-level military officers from countries in the Asia-Pacific region on globalization, global economic institutions, and sustainable development. Teaching Assistant Department of Economics, University of Massachusetts (1983-88) I was a teaching assistant for undergraduate level classes in Micro-Economics, Macro-Economics and Political Economy. I designed and gave lectures to classes of about 35 students and marked their essays and exams. Associate, Center for Popular Economics (1985-89) Based at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, the Center builds economic literacy among social justice advocates and the general public. As Associate, I designed a curriculum on the 2
International Economy; co-taught a week-long How Does the Economy Work? training for Canadian labor union leaders; and gave numerous public lectures on the international economy and global business to community and university groups. Professional Experience Director, Research and Development, Business for Social Responsibility, San Francisco (October, 2005-April, 2006) Business for Social Responsibility is an NGO with over 250 global business members. As the first Director of Research and Development, I provided advice on philanthropic and corporate support for policies in support of global corporate social responsibility, including on poverty alleviation and economic development. Co-Founder and Director, Globalization and Governance Program Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainability, Berkeley (1992-2001) The Nautilus Institute is a non-profit, policy-oriented research and education organization focused on global problems at the intersection of security and sustainability. As Co-Director, I led the Globalization and Governance Program which aimed to integrate environmental ethics and human rights into the governance of the global economy. I designed and led five collaborative international strategic research and education projects, all of which generated publications and contributed to new policy and/or advocacy initiatives by government, business, or NGOS. The projects were: Human Rights and the Environment:, Cooperative Approaches to Trade and Environment in Asia-Pacific; Environmental Cooperation in Northeast Asia; California Global Corporate Accountability; and Sustainable and Ethical International Investment Rules. Policy Analyst/Consultant (1991- ) I have consulted to a variety of international and non-governmental organizations on policy research related to globalisation, corporate social responsibility, and sustainable development, including: International Institute for Environment and Development, London Environment Directorate, European Union, Brussels OECD Environment Directorate, Paris US-Asia Environment Partnership, Washington D.C. Asian Development Bank, Manila Earth Council, Costa Rica Government of Australia, Environment Department, Canberra UN Development Program, New York Worldwide Fund for Nature, UK Sacred Lands Film Project, San Francisco. 3
Staff Economist and Consultant Commission for the Future, Government of Australia (1989-91) As Staff Economist, I directed the Sustainable Development program and produced Sustainable Development: Challenges for Australia, a framework for policy action developed in collaboration with Australia s largest mining, trade union, environment, and farmer organizations. As a consultant, I organized four national-level stakeholder dialogues to resolve resource conflicts involving business, NGO and government leaders. Other Experience and Affiliations Current Author, Triple Crisis Blog, http://triplecrisis.com/introducing-the-triplecrisis-blog/ Board Member, Occupational Knowledge International, San Francisco, California Member, International Studies Association Past Member, Multi-State Working Group on Environmental Performance, USA Reviewer, Sustainability and Globalisation Series, Earthscan Press, London, UK Member, Trade and Environment Policy Advisory Committee, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (1994-2001) Member, U.S. Delegation, APEC Sustainable Development Ministerial, 1996, 1997 Training, Conflict Resolution, Johann Galtung, Transcend Network Certificate, Using Scenarios in the Public Sector, Global Business Network Training, Grantwriting, San Francisco Management Center Frequent public speaker and commenter on radio and television Lived and/or traveled in the United States, Australia, Asia, Europe, and Latin America Publications Books and Edited Books Enclave Economy: Foreign Investment and Sustainable Development in Mexico s Silicon Valley (with Kevin Gallagher), Boston: MIT Press, 2007. International Investment for Sustainable Development: Balancing Rights and Rewards (contributing editor), London: Earthscan Press, 2005.. Human Rights and the Environment: Conflicts and Norms in a Globalizing World (contributing editor) London: Earthscan Press, 2002. Beyond Good Deeds: Case Studies and A New Policy Agenda for Corporate Accountability (with Michelle Leighton and Naomi Roht-Arriazza), Berkeley: Natural Heritage Institute, July 2002. 4
Chapters in Books Climate-resilient industrial development paths: design principles and alternative models, in S.R. Khan and J. Christiansen, Towards New Developmentalism, Market as Means Rather than Master, Routledge, 2010 Foreign Direct Investment and Sustainable Development, in Kevin P. Gallagher, (ed.) Handbook on Trade and Environment, Chettendam, UK: Edward Elgar Publisher, 2009. FDI Spillovers and Sustainable Industrial Development: Evidence from US Firms in Mexico s Silicon Valley (with Kevin Gallagher), in Daniel Chudnovsky and Kevin P. Gallagher (eds), Rethinking Foreign Investment for Development: Lessons from the Americas, London: Anthem Press, 2009. Lights on or Trade Off? Can Base of the Pyramid Approaches Deliver Solutions to Energy Poverty? (with Emma Wilson et al), in Prabhu Khandachar and Minna Halme, eds. Sustainability Challenges and Solutions at the Base of the Pyramid: Business, Technology and the Poor, Sheffield: Greenleaf Publishing, 2008. Havens, Halos and Spaghetti: Untangling the Evidence about Foreign Direct Investment and the Environment, in Klaus E. Meyer, ed., Multinational Enterprises and Host Economies, Volume II, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2008. FDI and Sustainable Development: Challenges and Opportunities in the IT Sector, in A. Dufey, M. Gran-Grieg and H. Ward (eds), Responsible Enterprise, Foreign Direct Investment and Investment Promotion, London: Institute for International Environment and Development and the World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies, 2008. No Miracle Drug: Foreign Direct Investment and Sustainable Development (co-author), in L. Zarsky (ed.), International Investment for Sustainable Development: Balancing Rights and Rewards, London: Earthscan Press, 2005. Stuck in the Mud? Nation-States, Globalisation and the Environment," in OECD, Globalisation and the Environment, Paris: OECD, 1997. Reprinted in K. Gallagher and J. Werksman (eds.), Earthscan Reader on International Trade and Sustainable Development, London: Earthscan Press, 2002, pp. 19-44; and in K. Conca and G. Dabelko, Green Planet Blues, Environmental Politics from Stockholm to Johannesberg, Westview Press, 2004. APEC and the Sustainable Development Agenda, in R. Steinberg (ed.), The Greening of Trade Law, Rowman and Littlefield, 2002. Global Reach: Human Rights and Environment in the Framework of Corporate Accountability, in L. Zarsky (ed.), Human Rights and Environment: Conflicts and Norms in a Globalizing World, London: Earthscan Press, 2002, pp. 31-56. Civil Society and the Future of Environmental Governance in Asia, (co-author), in D. Angel and M. Rock, (eds.), Asia's Clean Revolution: Industry, Growth and the Environment, Greenleaf Publishing, 2001, pp.128-154. 5
From Bystanders to Collaborators, New Roles for Civil Society in Urban-Industrial Environmental Governance, in Asian Development Bank, Asian Environment Outlook, Manila: ADB, 2001. Environmental Norms in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum, in D. Shelton (ed.), Commitment and Compliance, The Role of Non-Binding Norms in the International Legal System, New York: Oxford University Press, 2000, pp. 303-329. Havens, Halos, and Spaghetti: Untangling the Evidence About FDI and the Environment, in OECD, Foreign Direct Investment and the Environment, Paris: OECD, 1999, pp. 47-74. "Energy and the Environment in Asia-Pacific, in P. Chasek, (ed.), The Global Environment in the 21 st Century, Tokyo: United Nations University Press, 1999. "Lessons of Liberalization in Asia: From Structural Adjustment to Sustainable Development," in Financing for Environmentally Sustainable Development, Asian Development Bank: Manila, 1994. Towards an International Eco-Labelling Framework, in OECD, Life Cycle Management and Trade, Paris: OECD, 1994, pp. 194-204. Sustainable Development: Challenges for Australia, in Our Common Future, Australian Edition, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1990. Also published as a monograph by the Commission for the Future, Melbourne, February, 1990. Journal Articles, Working Papers and Conference Papers Climate-resilient industrial development: design principles and alternative models, Development and Environment Institute Working Paper 10-01, February 2010 (available at http://www.ase.tufts.edu/gdae/policy_research/climateresilientdevelopment.html) Global Climate Resilient Development: Can Foreign Direct Investment Play a Positive Role? presented to conference on Market as Means or as Master? Neo-developmentalism vs Neo-liberalism, Department of Economics, Mt Holyoke College, November 14-16, 2008. Sustainable Industrial Development and the State: The Case of the IT Industry in Mexico. Presented to panel on New Models of Globalization, International Studies Association Conference, San Francisco, March 29, 2008. From Regulatory Chill to Deepfreeze? International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics, November, 2006. Whither Globalization? The Beleaguered Promise of Foreign Investment for Sustainable Development, International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability, November, 2005. Sustainable Industrial Development? The Performance of Mexico s FDI-Led Integration Strategy (co-author), paper to Conference on New Directions for Sustainable Development in Mexico, Science, Technology and Development Program, El Colegio de Mexico, October 20-21, 2003. Also 6
published as a Working Paper of the Global Development and Environment Institute, http://www.ase.tufts.edu/gdae. Beyond Good Deeds: Strengthening Corporate Social Responsibility with Public Policy, Forum Magazine (UK), July, 2002. Getting Traction? Sustainable Development and the Governance of Investment, paper for conference on Sustainability, Trade and Investment: Which Way Now for the WTO? Royal Institute of International Affairs, London, October, 2000. The Asia-Pacific Environmental Cooperation Forum and the Environment: Regional Governance in the Age of Globalization, Colorado Journal for International Environmental Law and Policy, 8 (summer) 1997. Environmental Cooperation at APEC: The First Five Years, (co-author), Journal of Environment and Development, September, 1997. The Prospects for Environmental Cooperation in Northeast Asia, Asian Perspective, Vol. 19, No. 2, Fall/Winter, 1995, pp. 103-130. Acid Rain in a Regional Context, paper to a conference on The Role of Science and Technology in Promoting Environmentally Sound Development, Science and Technology Policy Institute and UN University, Seoul, June 13-15, 1995. Environmental Issues and Regimes in Northeast Asia, (co-author) International Environmental Affairs, Vol 6 No 4, Fall, 1994. "NAFTA s Repercussions: Is Green Trade Possible?" Environment, No 36:2, March, 1994, pp.2-3. Job Benefits of Expanding Investment in Solar Energy (co-author), Solar Industry Journal, Vol 3 Issue 4, Fourth Quarter, 1994. The Greening of Trade, Philippine Journal of Development Studies, Vol. X, No. 3-a, 1992. Sustainable Development, Global Trading Rules, and the Asia Pacific Region, Canberra Journal of Public Administration, No. 69, May, 1992, pp. 166-172. Ecology, Ethics, and Immigration: A Global View, Search (Journal of the Australia-New Zealand Science Association), Vol. 22:4, June, 1991, pp. 124-5. Capital Flight From the Philippines, (co-author), Journal of Philippine Political Economy, Vol. 6, No. 2, 1991. The Green Market, Australian Left Review, No. 124, December, 1990. Green Economics, Previews of a Changing World, Australian Commission for the Future, Melbourne, 1990. 7
Images of Asian-Pacific Futures, in Ministry of External Relations and Trade, Proceedings of the Pacific Security Symposium, Wellington, New Zealand, May, 1990. Reports and Policy Briefs Innovating for environment and society: an overview, IIED Briefing Series, Business Models for Sustainable Development (co-author), May, 2009. Foreign Investment and Sustainable Development: Lessons from the Americas, ed. (with Kevin Gallagher, Roberto Porzecanski, Andre Lopez), Working Group on Development and the Environment in the Americas, Washington DC: Heinrich Boll Foundation North America, May, 2008. Multinationals and the Maquila Mindset in Mexico s Silicon Valley, (with Kevin Gallagher), Americas Program Policy Brief, Interhemispheric Resource Center, October 12, 2007. Is Nothing Sacred? Corporate Responsibility for the Protection of Native American Sacred Sites and Landscapes, report to Corporate Social Responsibility Program, Sacred Sites Film Project, San Francisco, California, September, 2006. Operation Successful But the Patient Is Not Well: NAFTA, Foreign Direct Investment and Sustainable Development in Mexico, (co-author with Kevin Gallagher), Foreign Policy in Focus, Special Issue on NAFTA at Ten, January, 2004. Implementing the Environmental Components of the OECD Guidelines for MNEs: Tools and Case Studies, report to OECD Environment Directorate, June, 2004. Searching for the Holy Grail? Making FDI Work for Sustainable Development, (co-author with Kevin Gallagher), Paper prepared for World Wildlife Fund-UK Workshop on International Investment Frameworks for Sustainable Development, London, April, 2003. Also published in Allies or Antagonists? Investment, Sustainable Development and the WTO, Washington: Heinreich Boll Foundation, August 2003, pp. 7-29. Dodging Dilemmas? Environmental and Social Accountability in the Global Operations of California High Tech Companies, (co-author), Report to the California Global Corporate Accountability Project, Nautilus Institute, May, 2002 (available online at www.nautilus.org). What Road Ahead? Scenarios for the Future of US-China Relations 2001-2010, Report of Two Workshops Held in Beijing, June and November, 2000, (co-author), Sponsored by Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainable Development and Center for American Studies, Fudan University, Nautilus Institute, April, 2001. The Future of US-China Relations: Do Progressives Have a Vision? Foreign Policy in Focus, May, 2000. Hard Issues, Innovative Approaches, Briefing Document for Round Table on Improving NGO- Industry Dialogue on Corporate Accountability and Social Responsibility, www.nautilus.org/cap/reports/index.html, 1999. 8
International Investment Rules and the Environment: Stuck in the Mud Foreign Policy in Focus, Vol. 4, No. 22, 1999. Civil Society and Clean Shared Growth in Asia: Towards a Stakeholder Model of Environmental Governance, Report to US-Asia Environmental Partnership, presented at The Outlook for Environmentally Sound Development Policies Workshop, U.S.-AEP and the Asian Development Bank, Manila, Philippines, August 2-3, 1999 Trade, Environment and APEC, Policy Brief, Asia Foundation, San Francisco, April, 1994. Trade-Environment Linkages and Sustainable Development, Report to Australian Department of Environment, September, 1991. 9